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authorJiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>2022-04-11 13:01:38 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-04-14 18:24:23 +0200
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Documentation: move tty to driver-api
Based on discussion starting as 87mthw2o93.fsf@meer.lwn.net, let's move the tty documentation to driver-api. It's more appropriate there. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220411110143.10019-2-jslaby@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==========
+TTY Buffer
+==========
+
+.. contents:: :local:
+
+Here, we document functions for taking care of tty buffer and their flipping.
+Drivers are supposed to fill the buffer by one of those functions below and
+then flip the buffer, so that the data are passed to :doc:`line discipline
+<tty_ldisc>` for further processing.
+
+Flip Buffer Management
+======================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+ :identifiers: tty_prepare_flip_string tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag
+ tty_insert_flip_string_flags __tty_insert_flip_char
+ tty_flip_buffer_push tty_ldisc_receive_buf
+
+----
+
+Other Functions
+===============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+ :identifiers: tty_buffer_space_avail tty_buffer_set_limit
+
+----
+
+Buffer Locking
+==============
+
+These are used only in special circumstances. Avoid them.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+ :identifiers: tty_buffer_lock_exclusive tty_buffer_unlock_exclusive
+
+----
+
+Internal Functions
+==================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+ :internal: